A Brief Introduction to the Study of Human Nature

Thierry Meynard S.J., Dawei Pan

ISBN 10: 9004426256 / ISBN 13: 9789004426252

Published by Brill, NL, 2020

About this Item

Thierry Meynard and Dawei Pan offer a highly detailed annotated translation of one of the major works of Giulio Aleni (1582 Brescia-1649 Yanping), a Jesuit missionary in China. Referred to by his followers as "Confucius from the West", Aleni made his presence felt in the early modern encounter between China and Europe. The two translators outline the complexity of the intellectual challenges that Aleni faced and the extensive conceptual resources on which he built up a fine-grained framework with the aim of bridging the Chinese and Christian spiritual traditions.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: A Brief Introduction to the Study of Human Nature
• Publisher: Brill, NL
• Publication Date: 2020
• Language: Chinese
• ISBN 10: 9004426256
• ISBN 13: 9789004426252
• Binding: Hardback
• Edition: Annotated.
• Condition: New
• Dimensions: 15.5W x 3H x 23.5D centimeters 15.5 centimeters width by 3 centimeters height by 23.5 centimeters depth
• Weight: 759 grams

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Synopsis

Thierry Meynard and Dawei Pan offer a highly detailed annotated translation of one of the major works of Giulio Aleni (1582 Brescia–1649 Yanping), a Jesuit missionary in China. Referred to by his followers as “Confucius from the West”, Aleni made his presence felt in the early modern encounter between China and Europe. The two translators outline the complexity of the intellectual challenges that Aleni faced and the extensive conceptual resources on which he built up a fine-grained framework with the aim of bridging the Chinese and Christian spiritual traditions.

About the Author

Thierry Meynard is Professor of Philosophy and Director of the Archives for the Introduction of Western Learning in China at Sun Yat-sen University. He has authored several books, including The Jesuit Reading of Confucius (Leiden: Brill, 2015).

Dawei Pan, MD, is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Sun Yatsen University. Pan has published articles on the philosophy of medicine in the Journal of the American Academy of Religion, Argumentation, Dao: A Journal of Comparative Philosophy, and Philosophy East and West.